St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-23
I'M THE YOSEMITE.
What a Hotel Porter Received
for Extra Attentions.

1t was from Illinois they came, says |
the San Francisco Chronicle. l don't |
remember exactly which of the suburbs
they came from, but they were newly |
married and they had lots of trunks and |
things, and they were not surprised at
the bigness of the Yosemite. They |
thought the Sentinel peak was aoout;as
high as several OF the high buildings i'll
Chicago, but they didn't quite admit
there wasn't higher. L am told there
are houses in Chicago the roofs OF
which are covered with snow all the
wear round. But the only thing that is
positively known here about Chicago is
the wheat deal. and that was run from
California. However they were from illl-
noiS. Young married couples from the
interior of the country get perfectly
reckless when they come to California.
| guess it's the climate that makes them
eXtrayagant. They're braced up by the
air and that sort of thing, and they want
to spend money. They felt like throwing
it around, don't you know, just as If 1t
were cOnfectiOns at a carnival. don't
know how many trunks the interstate
commerce act allows to newly married
couple, but they generally come out
here with stacks of them. l have been
told that some of them bring out their
lunch and a supply of timed provisions,
believing we live here principally on
corn-husks and fruit. However. they
had trunks for a century, and they
marched into Yosemite valley.
There are some people III Yosemite
this year who have money. know one
! party that gets remittance from San
Francisco of S25 every blessed week as
! ever is. but of course they can't put on
| +I1n +xla
ter at one Of the hotels of the valley
viewed with tears running down his
cheeks this Bridal fall of trunks. l
don't know if everything is really SO
big up in the Yosemite valley. 1t is so
difficult to appreciate heights and dis
ances, that perhaps the pOrter'S tears
were big enough to hathe in one, and
the fall Of them was 1900 feet. ANY
how he had not seen job like that for
many weary day. The picaydnish
Californian does not travel with that
style. The owners of the trunks had
pity on the lean and hungry porter, and
they gave him all the work they could
devise i'll connection with unpacking,
repHcking and pulling the trunks about
"We'll make it all right" was the
kindly hint given by him, and OH tha
hint he worked like Trojan. The
bridal pair were about t take their de
parture. The porter was only waiting
to receive the reward, when he intended
Immediately to resign and come to San
Francisco and 90 into business. The
delicacy of the true Fastener came out
beautifully. They did not, like Gala
fornian, boldly slip it into his hand. 4
pretty little girl, whose acquaintance lie
had made, came up as he was seeing
them off and put two coins into his
hand. Well. s. was something and he
too grateful to look. put the money into
his pocket and put another dollars
worth of etfusion into his gO0d-by. Thef
he stole into his apartments to gloa
over the yellow gold. He caresscd The
coins and then he looked. They wert
two pennies. All, me! How pleasan
it is to travel around the country anC
give employment to poor pecple anC
spend your money making them happy
It's Just such little incidents as this tha
develop the far West and make thing
, boom.